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Sample Questions 2 Robo-Champs Olympiad–17/IX

INSTRUCTIONS
Time duration: 1:00 hr. (Time of OMR filling is included in time duration).
Maximum Marks: 240
This Paper contains 60 questions divided in two sections
Section–A Mental Aptitude 20 questions 80 marks
Section–B Scholastic Aptitude 40 questions 160 marks
Each Question has a single correct answer.
Marking Scheme: +4 marks for correct answers.
There is NO NEGATIVE MARKING in Stage-I but it will be there in Stage-II as per NTSE Standard.

SECTION–A (MAT)
MENTAL APTITUDE

Directions (Q. 1 and 2) : Read the following Direction (Q. 3 to 5) : Refer to the given
information carefully and answer the diagram and answer the questions
questions which follow: given below.
If ‘P * Q’ means ‘P is the mother of Q’.
If ‘P × Q’ means ‘P si the father of Q’.
If ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is the sister of Q’.
If ‘P – Q’ means ‘P is the brother of Q’.
If ‘P > Q’ means ‘P is the son of Q’.
If ‘P < Q’ means ‘P is the daughter of Q’.
1. In the expression ‘A + B + R > S’. how is
S related to A?
3. Which number represents those
(a) Daughter-in-law (b) Daughter
persons who are creative and lethargic?
(c) Wife (d) Sister
(a) 1 (b) 3
2. Which of the following means P is the
(c) 4 (d) 6
father of S?
4. Which number represents those
(a) P × Q < R * S (b) R × P < Q – S
persons who are intelligent and
(c) R + S > Q + p (d) S + Q – R * P lethargic?
(a) 7 (b) 6
(c) 5 (d) 4
5. Which number represents those
persons who are intelligent, lethargic
as well as creative?
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6
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Direction (Q. 6 and 7): In the following Directions (Q. 10 and 11): Study the following
questions, select the set of conclusion statemjents A, B, C, D and E and then
which logically follows from the given answer the questions that follow.
statements. A 1, 5, 9 means : ‘you better go’
6. Statements : B. 1, 6, 7 means : ‘better come here’
I. All parrots are koels. C. 5, 6, 7 means : ‘you come here’
II. No koel is goat D. 1, 5, 6 means : ‘better you here’
Conclusions : E. 3 7, 9 means : ‘come and go’
I. No parrot is goat. 10. Which of the following groups of
II. Some parrots are goats minimum statements are necessary to
III. All koels are parrots find the code number of ‘better’?
IV. Some goats are parrots. (a) A and B (b) D and E
(a) Only conclusion I follows (c) C and E (d) B and E
(b) Only conclusion III follows 11. Which numeral means ‘and’?
(c) Only conclusion II and III follow. (a) 6 (b) 9
(d) Only conclusion IV follows. (c) 3 (d) 7
7. Statements : 12. If A = 26, SUN = 27, then CAT = ?
I. Some pencils are papers. (a) 24 (b) 27
II. Some papers are boxes. (c) 57 (d) 58
Conclusions : 13. If ‘water’ is called ‘food’, ‘food’ is called
‘tree’, ‘tree’ is called ‘sky’, ‘sky’ is called
I. Some pencils are boxes. ‘wall’, on which of the following grows a
II. Some boxes are pencils fruit?
III. Some boxes are papers. (a) Water (b) Food
IV. Some papers are pencils. (c) Sky (d) Tree
(a) Only conclusions I and II follow Direction (Q.14 and 15) : In each of the
(b) Only conclusions II and III follows. following questions, a letter-number
series is given with one or more terms
(c) Only conclusions III and IV follow.
missing as shown by (?). Choose the
(d) All conclusions follow missing term out of the given
8. In a certain code language ‘BOUND’ is alternatives.
written as ‘OBTDN’, then how will 14. C4X, F9U, I16R, ?
‘CODES’ be written in that language?
(a) K25P (b) L25P
(a) SECOC (b) OCESE
(c) L25O (d) L27P
(c) OCCSE (d) OCCES
15. __ tu __rt __s __ __ usrtu __
9. In a certain code language, ‘493’ means
(a) rtusru (b) rsutrr
‘Friendship Big Challenge’, ‘961’ means
‘Struggle Big Exam’ and ‘178’ means (c) rsurtr (d) rsurts
‘Exam Confidential Subject’. What does
‘Confidential’ stand for?
(a) 7 or 8 (b) 7 or 9
(c) 8 (d) 8 or 1
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Direction (Q. 16): In each of the following Direction (Q. 19 and 20): The following
questions, a number or alphabet series questions are based on the intersecting
is given with one term missing. Choose squares given below in which each
the correct alternative that will continue square represents a group.
the same pattern and replace the
question mark in the given series.
16. 121, 143, 165, 186, 209
(a) 143 (b) 165
(c) 186 (d) 209
17. Pointing towards a man another man 19. Which letter represents teachers who
said, he is the son of my father’s sister. are singers and also dancers?
then what is the relation between
them? (a) d (b) c
(a) Father-Son (b) Brother (c) b (d) a
(c) Cousin (d) Uncle-Nephew 20. Which letter represents dancers and
singers who are not teachers?
Direction (Q. 18): In the following questions,
select the set of conclusion which (a) e (b) d
logically follows from the given (c) c (d) b
statements.
18. Statements :
I. Some pencils are papers.
II. Some papers are boxes.
Conclusions :
I. Some pencils are boxes.
II. Some boxes are pencils
III. Some boxes are papers.
IV. Some papers are pencils.
(a) Only conclusions I and II follow
(b) Only conclusions II and III follows.
(c) Only conclusions III and IV follow.
(d) All conclusions follow
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SECTION–B (SAT)
SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST

21. Area under a (v - t) graph represents 25. A particle is constrained to move on a

a physical quantity which has the unit straight line path. It returns to the
(a) m2 (b) m starting point after 10 s. The total
distance covered by the particle during
(c) m 3
(d) ms–1 this time is 30 m. Which of the following
22. A particle is moving along a circular statements about the motion of the
track of radius 1 m with a uniform particle is false ?
speed. The ratio of the distance covered (a) Displacement of the particle is zero
and the displacement in half revolution
is (b) Average speed of the particle is 3 m/s
(c) Displacement of the particle is 30 m
(d) Both (a) and (b)
26. Which of the following pairs will give
displacement reactions ?
(a) NaCl solution and copper metal
(a) 1 (b) 0 (b) MgCl2 solution and aluminium metal
(c) FeSO4 solution and silver metal
 (d) AgNO3 solution and copper metal
(c)  (d)
2
27. Which is the following methods is
23. An object is pushed along a horizontal suitable for preventing an iron frying
surface in such a way that it starts with pan from rusting ?
a velocity of 36 km/h and decreases at
(a) Applying gease
the rate of 0.5 m/s2. The time it will
(b) Applying paint
take to come to rest, is
(c) Applying a coating of zinc
(d) All of the above
28. An element reacts with oxygen to give
a compound with a high melting point.
This compound is also soluble in water.
(a) 40s (b) 20s
The element is likely to be :
(c) 10s (d) 5s
(a) calcium (b) carbon
24. An insect crawls a distance of 4 m along (c) silicon (d) iron
north in 10 s and then a distance of 3 m
along east in 5 s. The average velocity 29. Food cans are coated with tin and not
of the insect is with zinc because
(a) zinc is costlier than tin
7 1 (b) zinc has a higher melting point that
(a) m /s (c) m / s
15 5 tin
(c) zinc is more reactive than tin
1 4
(c) m /s (d) m /s (d) zinc is less reactive than tin
3 5
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30. Arrange the following metals in 37. Which of the following numbers is
decreasing order of their reactivity : different from others ?
Fe, Zn, Na, Cu, Ag (a) 2 (b) 3
(a) Na > Fe > Zn > Cu > Ag
(c) 4 (d) 5
(b) Fe > Na > Zn > Cu > Ag
(c) Na > Zn > Fe > Cu > Ag 38. If the distance between the points (a, 2)
and (3, 4) be 8, then a =
(d) Na > Zn > Fe > Ag > Cu
31.
n
If 3 = 27, then 3
n–2
is : (a) 2  3 15 (b) 2  3 15

1 (c) 2  3 15 (d) 3  2 15
(a) 3 (b)
3 39. The distance between two points (0, 3) and
1 (–2, 0) is-
(c) (d) 9
9 (a) 14 (b) 15
x y z
32. If a = b , b = c , c = a , then xyz is :
(c) 13 (d) 5
(a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) abc 40. The distance of the point (5, –2) from x-axis
is :
33. Which one of the following is a rational
number? (a) 5 (b) –2
(c) 3 (d) 2
 2
2
(a) (b) 2 2 41. The points A (–4, –1), B (–2, –4), C (4, 0)
and D (2, 3) are the vertices of a :
2 (a) Parallelogram (b) Rectangle
(c) 2  2 (d)
2
(c) Rhombus (d) Square
34. Choose the fraction which is equivalent 42. Which of the following points will be
15 collinear with the points (–3, 4) and (2, –
to 5) –
20
(a) (0, 0) (b) (7, –14)
12 51
(a) (b) (c) (0, –1) (d) (3, 1)
15 12
43. What points on the X-axis are at a
4 12 distance of 5 units from the point (5, –4) ?
(c) (d)
3 16 (a) (2, 0) and (8, 0)
35. How many rational numbers exist (b) (2, 1) and (8, 1)
between any two distinct rational
(c) (–2, 0) (–8, 0)
numbers ?
(d) None of these.
(a) 2
(b) 3 44. The value of k when the distance
between the points (3, K) and (4, 1) is
(c) 11
(d) Infinite number of rational numbers. 10 is :
(a) 3 or 4 (b) –4 or – 2
36. 0.127 is equal to :
(c) –4 or 2 (d) 4 or – 2
7 7
(a) (b) 45. The vertices of a triangle are (–2, 0), (2, 3)
55 11 and (1, –3), then the type of the triangle is :
2 (a) scalene (b) equilateral
(c) (d) None of these.
55 (c) isosceles (d) right triangle.
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46. Which of the following tissues has dead
cells?
(a) Parenchyma (b) Sclerenchyma
(c) Collenchyma (d) Epithelial tissue
47. Parenchyma cells containing air cavi-
ties are called
(a) aerenchyma (b) sclerenchyma
(c) chlorenchyma (d) prosenchyma
48. Aerenchyma occurs in
(a) mesophytes (b) xerophytes
(c) hydrophytes (d) sciophytes
49. Find out the incorrect statement.
(a) Parenchymatous tissue have
intercellular space
(b) Collenchymatous tissues are
irregularly thickened at corners.
(c) Apical and intercalary meristems are
permanent.
(d) Meristematic tissues, in its early
stage, lack vacuoles.
50. You have been provided with narrow
thick-walled living cells, elongated in
shape and possessing thickenings of
cellulose and pectin. These cells belong
to
(a) parenchyma (b) collenchyma
(c) sclerenchyma (d) periderm
51. A long tree has several branches. The
tissue that helps in the side ways
conduction of water in the branches is
54. Normally, in the process of osmosis, the
net flow of water molecules in or out of
the cell depends upon differences in the
(a) concentration of water molecules
inside and outside the cell
(b) concentration of enzymes on either
side of the cell membrane
(c) rate of molecular motion on either
side of the cell membrane
(c) rate of molecular motion on either
side of the cell membrane
(d) rate of movement of insoluble
molecules inside the cell
55. The bacterial cell wall is composed of
(a) a phospholipid matrix
(b) a lipoprotein
(c) chitin
(d) peptidoglycan
56. Cell wall is present in
(a) plant cell (b) prokaryotic cell
(c) algal cell (d) all of these
57. Which of the following is useful for the
synthesis of proteins and enzymes?
(a) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(b) Golgi complex
(c) Rough endoplasmic reticulum
(d) Mitochondria
58. Besides nucleus, DNA is also present
in

(a) collenchyma (b) xylem parenchyma (a) ribosomes (b) mitochondria

(c) parenchyma (d) xylem vessels (c) lysosomes (d) Golgi complex

52. Which of these types of cells is most 59. If the ribosomes of a cell are destroyed
likely to divide? then

(a) Epidermis (b) Parenchyma (a) respiration will not take place

(c) Meristem (d) Xylem (b) fats will not be stored

53. Mark the odd one (c) carbon assimilation will not occur

(a) monocytes (b) lymphocytes (d) proteins will not be formed

(c) neutrophils (d) erythrocytes 60. The inner membrane of mitochondria

is folded because
(a) it has no space inside
(b) it helps in transportation of material
(c) it increases the surface area
(d) it stores more food

Dream on !!
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SECTION–A (MAT)
MENTAL APTITUDE
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (c)
6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (a)
11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (d)
16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (a)

SECTION–B (SAT)
SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST
21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (c)
26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (d)
36. (a) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (c) 40. (d)
41. (b) 42. (b) 43. (a) 44. (d) 45. (a)
46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (c) 50. (b)
51. (d) 52. (c) 53. (d) 54. (a) 55. (d)
56. (d) 57. (c) 58. (b) 59. (d) 60. (c)